New Delhi: Six new covid deaths have been confirmed in the country. 290 new covid cases were confirmed today. The Ministry of Health has informed that the number of Covid patients currently under treatment is 2,059.
Four deaths were reported in Kerala, one each from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours. By December 5, 2023, the daily number of cases had come down to two. But due to the new variant and cold weather, the number of daily cases was increasing. 841 new cases were reported on December 31, 2023. This is 0.2 percent of the peak cases reported in May 2021, official sources said.
The Ministry of Health also stated that most of the active cases are recovering under home isolation. The JN1 variant does not increase the number of new cases excessively. Available data suggest that patients do not require hospitalization and mortality is not increased.
More than 5.3 lakh people have died due to covid across the country. The number of people who have recovered from the disease is more than 4.4 crore. According to the Ministry of Health, 220.67 crore doses of covid vaccines have been given so far.
